The languages of Edison's light /

"Charles Bazerman tells the story of the emergence of electric light as a story of symbols and communication. He examines how Edison and his colleagues represented light and power to themselves and to others as the technology was transformed from an idea to a daily fact of life. He looks at the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bazerman, Charles
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©1999.
©1999
Colección:Inside technology.
Temas:
Electric lighting > History.
Technology > Social aspects.
English language > Rhetoric.
Exposition (Rhetoric)
Éclairage électrique > Histoire.
Technologie > Aspect social.
Anglais (Langue) > Rhétorique.
SCIENCE > Philosophy & Social Aspects.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Social Aspects.
Electric lighting
English language > Rhetoric
Technology > Social aspects
Électricité > Dictionnaires anglais.
Electronic books.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Edison's front-page story
  • 2. The public stage of news
  • 3. Finances for technological enterprises
  • 4. Menlo Park : the place of invention
  • 5. Patents as speech acts and legal objects
  • 6. Professional presence : edison in the technical press
  • 7. A place in the market
  • 8. Boasts, deceptions, and promises
  • 9. The Menlo Park demonstrations
  • 10. Fairs and exhibitions : museums of the future
  • 11. Lighting new york : urban politics and pedestrian appearances
  • 12. Patent realities : legal stabilization of indeterminate texts
  • 13. Charisma and communication in edison's organizations
  • 14. The rhetoric of capital investment : solvency, profits, and dividends
  • 15. The language of flowers : domesticating electric light.

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